EAS Sarma, former secretary to the government of India (GoI), has demanded an independent investigation to fix responsibility and prosecute those responsible for the Sulkyara tunnel mishap in November 2023.
Responding to widespread public criticism of electoral bonds in the light of recent revelations, Nirmala Sitharaman, the Finance Minister, is reported to have
Case in point, a statement by the Press Information Bureau dated February 20 announcing the approval of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs for ₹1383 crore project to build a "4.531 km long 2-Lane Bi-Directional Silkyara Bend - Barkot Tunnel with escape passage on the Yamunotri route. However, the expert panel appointed by the Uttarakhand government following the tunnel collapse has pointed to the absence of the escape passage as a major omission, in its preliminary observations - as reported by ET.